Daily Monitor
Tuesday April 06 2021
Luke Lokalei, an artisanal miner holds a marble stone at Loboneit mining site in Rupa Subcounty, Moroto District. PHOTO/PAUL MURUNGI
Summary
Some companies artisanal miners allegedly claim that Sun Belt, a mining company in Karamoja, pushes them to the fringes of the mining fields.
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At the foot of Mt Moroto lies a precious mineral - marble. The mineral spreads across the bedrock of Karamoja sub-region from Amudat district across Moroto, Kotido and Kaabong districts into South Sudan, according to the Directorate of Geological Survey and Mines in the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development.